Page 255 of Delgado Community College 2004-2005 Catalog by Delgado Community College New Orleans Louisiana

MUSC 145-146-245-246 Jazz Ensemble I-IV each is 0-3-1 Preparation and performance of standard and experimental works in the jazz idiom. Open to all qualified students. MUSC 147-148-247-248 Guitar Ensemble I-IV each is 0-3-1 Preparation and performance of classical music arranged for guitar ensemble chosen from the Renaissance/Medieval, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods of music history. Includes jazz music arranged for guitar ensemble, including traditional and modern styles. Corequisites: MUSC 185, 186, 285, 286, 165, 166, 265, or 266. MUSC 149-150-249-250 Gospel Choir I-IV each is 0-3-1 Preparation and performance of gospel and spiritual music. MUSC 151-152-251-252 Chamber Choir I-IV each is 0-3-1 Preparation and performance of specialized works from choral literature. Open by audition to all students. MUSC 153-154-253-254 Wind Ensemble I-IV each is 0-3-1 Players of woodwind and brass instruments rehearse and perform chamber music, generally for two to five players, one to each part. Prerequisite: Performance in high school or college band or orchestra, or equivalent. MUSC 195-196 Vocal Scenes Workshop I and II each is 0-3-1 Stage presentation of scenes from operas and other musical productions. MUSC 200 Introduction to Jazz Literature 3-0-3 Introduction to the history of jazz. Includes the main eras of jazz, as well as several of the major musicians and bands that influenced the musical development of jazz. Open to all students. MUSC 201-202 Recital Hour III-IV each is 1-0-1 Performances and lecture demonstrations. MUSC 203 Jazz Harmony and Theory I 2-0-2 Introduces basic concepts of chords and chord progressions. Prerequisites: MUSC 110, 114, or 161, or permission of instructor. MUSC 204 Jazz Harmony and Theory II 2-0-2 More advanced chord voicings and progressions. Prerequisite: MUSC 203 or permission of instructor. MUSC 205 Jazz Combo 1-1-1 Introduces skills necessary to handle small group jazz engagements. Prerequisite: MUSC 107 or permission of instructor. MUSC 206 Jazz Improvisation III 0-2-1 Continuation of Jazz Improvisation II. Practices techniques and explores song forms. Prerequisite: MUSC 107 or permission of instructor. MUSC 207 Jazz Improvisation IV 0-2-1 Continuation of Jazz Improvisation III. Practices techniques and explores song forms. Prerequisite: MUSC 206 or permission of instructor. MUSC 211 Advanced Music Theory I 3-2-4 Altered chords and modulation, analysis and writing, and advanced sight-singing, dictation, and keyboard. MUSC 212 Advanced Music Theory II 3-2-4 Introduction to twentieth-century techniques: advanced tertian and quartal, pan-diatonic, modal and exotic, polytonal, interval set and twelve-tone, analysis and writing, sightsinging, dictation, and keyboard in twentiethcentury styles. Prerequisite: MUSC 211. MUSC 213-214 Introduction to Music Literature I and II each is 2-0-2 Western music from the advent of Christianity to the present. Includes major musical forms and their historical and cultural context. Important composers and works from each period studied. MUSC 215 Seminar in Recording Techniques I 2-1-3 Introduction to basic analog and digital recording techniques and equipment. Includes projects utilizing audio and visual tapes, cassette decks, headphones, mixing boards, consoles and computers. Open to all students. MUSC 216 Seminar in Recording Techniques II 2-2-3 Continuation of MUSC 215. Emphasizes use of computers in modern recording industry. Prerequisite: MUSC 215 or permission of instructor. 255

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